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ANNUAL AMERICAN COMPOSERS UPDATE SAI Member • Friend of the Arts • • National Arts Associate • • • Honorary Member • • • • Member Laureate • • • • • DONALD REID WOMACK • • NEWS: The Honolulu Academy of Arts, with support from a Meet the Composer grant, presented a residency dedicated to Womack's music. The work Highwire Act is featured in the new groundbreaking book "Contemporary Gayageum Notation for Composers" by Ji-young Yi, as an example of innovative technique and notation for the Korean zither. Haegeum performer Soo-yeon Lyuh commissioned a new work for haegeum, cello and janggu. Sori will be premiered in Honolulu in Oct. 2011, with subsequent performances scheduled in the National Gugak Center in Seoul and in Daeggu, South Korea. The Palisades Virtuosi Trio commissioned a new work for flute, clarinet and piano. 'Aina is scheduled to be premiered in March 2012. PREMIERES: Spiral Toward the Center of the Sky, for gayageum, piri and janggu, Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, Honolulu, and Seoul, South Korea. fff, I-Bei Lin, cello, Jonathan Korth, piano, Honolulu; also London and Brussels. Breaking Heaven, for shakuhachi, cello, and koto Noble Obligé Ensemble, which commissioned the work, Tokyo; also Honolulu. Tachibana (Sword Flower), Marty Regan, shakuhachi, Igance Jang, violin, Honolulu Academy of Arts; also Appalachian Serenade was premiered by violist Anna Womack; also Lunacy, Ron Levy, piano, commissioner. Highwire Act, a commission for Ji-young Yi, solo gayageum, Honolulu; also multiple performances in Seoul by Ms. Yi and by Se-yeon Park. PERFORMANCES: O magnum mysterium, Yukimi Kambe viol quartet, which commissioned the work, Tokyo. A Glinting Edge of Sky, Seizan Sakata, shakuhachi, Reiko Kimura, koto, Shikoku, Japan. Musica Sacrum, Orchestra of the Hawaiian Islands, Kona, Hawaii. An Infinite Moment, for violin and piano, University of Hawaii Contemporary Music Ensemble. ROBERT WYKES NEWS: Three Facets of Friendship for flute and clarinet Is on CDs by the SIlverwind Duo as well as the Scott-Garrison Duo. RECORDINGS: Celebrations, a new CD by the St. Louis Symphony Trombone Quartet includes the first recording of Flourishes and Hymn by Robert Wykes. DR. DAVID A. YEAGLEY NEWS: "I am in the process of completing my first symphony: The Four Horses of the Apocalypse: A Comanche Symphony. I continue to write for unaccompanied violin; I have also published a complete, four movement String Quartet. The major event for this Fall is the recording of my film score, Daughter of Dawn, a 2007 commissioned soundtrack for the 1920 silent film Daughter of Dawn. This symphonic work, for which Yeagley was commissioned by the Oklahoma State Historical Society, is 80 minutes of non-stop, non-repetitive music for full orchestra. I have already written a complete Latin mass, Missa Naturalis, a Magnificat, and a Salve Regina, for unaccompanied women's chorus and American Indian flute. " PERFORMANCES: The Writhing of Earth Worms under a Great Uplifted Rock (trio for oboe, viola & bassoon); Three Spirit Dances on the Bark of an Ancient Stump (duet for oboe and bassoon), Colorado Chamber Music, Spring 2011. PUBLICATIONS: Self-published. See davidyeagley. com The Apocalypse Collection: 6 pairs of compositions for unaccompanied cello; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Sonata for Piano. RECORDINGS: Daughter of Dawn movie score to be recorded by Oklahoma City University Philharmonic, Winter 2011. WEBSITE: davidyeagley.com JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT • • • • NEWS: Published Click, Flip, RUSH: Reclaiming Clarity in the Hyperlink Age, with Rachel S. Heller, February 2011. Commission from Camerata Bern: Piece for String Orchestra, JoyDance in Spring. Commission from zaimont pianist Joanne Polk: Piece for piano solo of significant length. PREMIERES: Serenade for violin, cello, piano, Melissa White, violin, Paul Wiancko, cello, Awadagin Pratt, piano, Cincinnati, OH, Jan. 2011; also, Soli fan tutti Finale Concert, Staatstheater, Darmstadt, Germany, May 2011. String Quartet: The Figure, NYC premiere, Juilliard Contemporary Ensemble, Joel Sachs, director, Museum of Modern Art, July 2011. Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra: Solar Traveller, Minnesota premiere, Timothy Lovelace, piano, Craig Kirchhoff, conductor, U of MN Wind Ensemble, Dec. 2012. Israeli Rhapsody for concert band, Minneapolis premiere, U of MN Concert Band, Jerry Luckhardt, conductor, March 2012. Wizards: Three Magic Masters, NYC premiere, Young-Ah Tak, piano, Carnegie Hall debut recital, March 2012. PERFORMANCES: Music for Two (bassoon and cello), Chandler Symphony Orchestra, Chandler AZ Center for the Arts, Jan. 2011. City Rain, Ipswich MA School District Concert Band, Gerald Dolan, conductor, May 2011. Virgie Rainey - Two Narratives for Soprano, Mezzo and Piano, Music at the Bridge Theater, NYC, May 2011. Serenade for piano trio, From the Great Land (30-minute dramatic song cycle for mezzo, clarinet, piano, Eskimo drum), IAWM National Conference, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Sept. 2011. Parallel Play (saxophone quartet), Arizona State University, Tempe, Sept. 2011. PUBLICATIONS: Sonata-Rhapsody for Violin and Piano, Subito Music Corp., Jan. 2011. Calendar Collection – 12mvts. for developing pianist, Jabez Press, Spring 2011. RECORDINGS: Eternal Evolution: Music of Judith Lang Zaimont, incl. String Quartet The Figure, Zones: Piano Trio No. 2, Astral … a mirror life on the astral plane . . . (solo viola), Serenade (trio), The Harlem Quartet and Awadagin Pratt, pianist, Navona CD, April 2011. Art Fire Soul: Solo Piano works of Judith Lang Zaimont, Elizabeth Moak (Debut Solo Recording), 2-CD Set: CD #1: SONATA, Jupiter's Moons, Wizards – Three Magic Masters, Calendar Collection, Nocturne: La Fin de Siècle; CD #2: A Calendar Set, *Cortège for Jack, Jazz Waltz, *American City, Hitchin - a travellin' groove, *In My Lunchbox, 'Hesitation' Rag, Judy's Rag, Reflective Rag, Serenade; * Premiere recording; March 2012. Piano Music of J L Zaimont, Christopher Atzinger, piano: A Calendar Set, SONATA, Nocturne – La fin de siècle; NAXOS. WEBSITE: jzaimont.com MARILYN J. ZIFFRIN • • • • • PERFORMANCES: Yankee Hooray, duet, Jackie F. Young and Jeannie F. Goodwin, First Parish Congregational Church, Dover, NH, June 2011, and Havenwood Heritage Heights, Concord, NH. Moods, Kathleen Dale, ziffrin Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI, June 2011; also, Mary Wirth, piano, Concord Community Music School, Concord, NH, Sept. 2011. Oboesolo, Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh, Seattle, WA, July 2011. Piano Sonata, Jayne Kelly, piano, Concord Community Music School, Concord, NH, June 2011. composers bureau criteria The candidate for membership in the Composers Bureau must show a pattern of continued activity as a composer of concert music. In addition, prospective members must meet any one of the following criteria: • Publication by a recognized publisher. • Performance by professionals in a professional concert  venue. • Performance by professionals on national radio or TV. Names for possible inclusion together with the composer's credentials should be sent to: Dr. Susan Cohn Lackman 2126 Mohawk Trail, Maitland, FL 32751-3943 EMAIL: slackman@rollins.edu CLICK FOR MORE Sigma Alpha Iota is pleased to provide this resource of information about contemporary American Composers. Our online Composers Bureau contains the previous three years' of composer information from PAN PIPES. Visit the Composers Bureau at www.sai-national.org sai-national.org WINTER 2012 PAN PIPES 39

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